French frigate Manche (1806)
Manche was a 40-gun Hortense-class frigate of the French Navy, originally named Département de la Manche, but the name was immediately shortened to Manche around the time of her launch in April 1806.
Hortense, sister-ship of Manche | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Manche |
| Namesake | English Channel |
| Ordered | 6 October 1803 and 30 January 1806 |
| Builder | Cherbourg Dockyard (Constructeur: Jacques Bonard) |
| Laid down | May 1804 |
| Launched | 5 April 1806 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hortense-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1390 tons (French) |
| Length | 48.75 m (159.9 ft) |
| Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
| Draught | 5.9 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Ship |
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She took part in operations in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 under Captain François-Désiré Breton.
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